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April 8, 2026
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Michael West Media reports on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet. When the hospitals were destroyed, when ... <a title="Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/ignoring-genocide-the-bill-for-australias-silence-has-arrived/" aria-label="Read more about Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, of Sh’ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices Vietnam survived Nixon’s madman theory and the world survived the era of mutually assured destruction. Now we face the moment of two super-empowered shitheads. There is nothing nicer to call them. Who will stop two self-obsessed, very old men, already dedicated to tearing down ... <a title="‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/someone-everyone-stop-them-and-now-trump-has-pulled-back-from-the-brink/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters Minister, You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time of real global tension. Moments like this define countries. My great-grandfather fought fascism. In 1935, when fascist Italy invaded my country of birth, Ethiopia, then Abyssinia, Emperor Haile Selassie ... <a title="Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/open-letter-to-peters-we-fought-fascism-why-are-we-silent-now/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
The Murdoch press runs cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown Here is a reliable indicator that you are being managed rather than informed. When the story gets complicated, when the real cause of your pain ... <a title="This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/this-isnt-journalism-australias-bowen-beat-up-and-the-iran-war/" aria-label="Read more about This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
RNZ News New Zealand’s Finance Minister says she has “never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and its leaders”, as concerns grow about the fuel shock triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran. And the Prime Minister has called the US President’s foul-mouthed threats to Iran “unhelpful” and the US’ ... <a title="‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one administration’, says NZ’s Willis on Trump and Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/never-have-i-felt-so-dependent-on-feelings-of-one-administration-says-nzs-willis-on-trump-and-iran/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one administration’, says NZ’s Willis on Trump and Iran">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that explains everything Western leaders won’t say. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown Two men are mainly responsible for the war on Iran. And then there are those — such ... <a title="Monsters of war – the men who have put the world at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/monsters-of-war-the-men-who-have-put-the-world-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Monsters of war – the men who have put the world at risk">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters to stress to the Palestine genocide “open wound” in his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington this week. Co-chair Maher Nazzal of PSNA said in a statement the international crisis in West Asia “must be reined in” ... <a title="NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/06/nzs-peters-called-on-to-stress-palestine-open-wound-with-rubio/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within French Polynesia’s ruling party Tavini Huiraatira deepened during Easter weekend with a mass resignation from a group of 14 members. The resignation was tendered by a group of young members of the local Territorial Assembly. In their resignation letter, the members of the ... <a title="Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/06/mass-easter-resignations-within-tahitis-pro-independence-ruling-party/" aria-label="Read more about Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific Reports from West Papua say as many as five people have been shot dead in Dogiyai regency in an alleged retaliatory attack after a policeman was killed. A joint police and military operation was launched in the regency in Indonesia’s Central Papua province to respond to the killing, by apparent stabbing, of a ... <a title="At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/06/at-least-five-papuans-reported-dead-as-violence-explodes-in-dogiyai/" aria-label="Read more about At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle In the coming years, if Iran survives as a sovereign state and retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, countries like Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Korea and Japan will be made to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in reparations for the US-Israeli war on Iran. For this to ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/eugene-doyle-who-will-pay-billions-in-reparations-to-iran-we-will/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We will">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal and unprovoked US-Israel war on Iran. Several speakers at a rally in the heart of Auckland expressed disappointment and anger at Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s failure to condemn the war ... <a title="Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/protesters-condemn-luxon-govt-for-failing-to-condemn-illegal-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A Constitutional Reform Bill dedicated to New Caledonia was rejected on Thursday by the French National Assembly (Lower House) without debate, by a gathering of opposition parties by a score of 190 to 107. The rejection came in the form of the endorsement of a preliminary ... <a title="French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/french-national-assembly-rejects-new-caledonias-constitutional-reform/" aria-label="Read more about French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform">Read more</a>
